Introduction to the Federal RD Budget Matt Hourihan
Introduction to the Federal (R&D) Budget Matt Hourihan March 14, 2016 For the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http: //www. aaas. org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15
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The Federal Budget is Kind Of a Big Deal § “Politics is who gets what, when, and how. ” - Harold Lasswell § “Budgeting is about values, and it’s about choices. ” – Rep. Rosa De. Lauro § Every dollar in the budget has its claimants! § Negotiation between competing interests (and their proxies) in a decentralized system Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 3
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Current (FY 2017) Cycle: Where Are We? § Déjà vu: second year of a two-year budget deal, with mostly flat discretionary spending, again § President’s budget request released a month ago § Mix of mandatory and discretionary spending for R&D Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 17
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Agency Notes § NIH: base budget down $1 billion (-3. 1%); Cancer Moonshot § DOE: efficiency, renewables, computing, genomics; cuts for fusion research § Mandatory funding for electric vehicles, biofuels, infrastructure § NSF: base budgets mostly flat for directorates § NASA: Cuts with or without new mandatory spending § Priorities: earth science research, asteroid retrieval, heliophysics, cleaner aviation § DOD S&T: Basic research cut by 9. 0% § USDA: competitive grants boosted § Also advanced manufacturing, climate science, cybersecurity, STEM education… Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 21
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Looking Ahead § Remember, Congress has the “power of the purse” § Spending levels? Budget resolutions? § Appropriations getting underway § Regular order? Election slowdown? Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 24
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